FRENCH NOTE 31
French verb. " Descendre "
The French Verb " Descendre " is quite an interesting one. It has various shades of meaning. When you learn a verb or any word in a language , you should know the different ways in which it is used. Otherwise, you may not comprehend everything you read. In this note , we are taking up just one verb and studying its usage in French .
Descendre
This word comes from Latin , " descendere". Remember French is a child of Latin.
Most of the French words have come from popular Latin .
1. Go down , descend
L' avion commence à descendre sur Delhi .
The plane begins flying down Delhi.
Elle descend à la cave.
She is going down to the cellar.
Tu peux descendre par l'escalier .
You can go down by the staircase.
Je préfère descendre par l'ascenseur .
I prefer going down by the lift.
2. Get off ,get out ( quitter, sortir)
Je descends du bateau .
I am getting off the boat.
Elle ne veut pas descendre de la voiture.
She does not want to get down from the car.
J' ai peur de descendre du cheval.
I am afraid of getting of the horse.
3. To go , to reach ( aller, se rendre) in the southern direction.
Je veux descendre en ville.
I want to go to the city.
Pendant les vacances, on va descendre sur la côté d' Azur .
During vacation, we shall go to the Coté d' Azur.
4. To burst into, to barge into, to stop in the course of a journey
Je ne peux pas trouver une chambre dans l'hôtel . Donc, je descend chez mon ami intime.
I can't get hotel accommodation . I barge into my close friend's place.
Au cours de notre voyage à Kanyakumari, nous sommes descendus dans une belle pension.
During our trip to Kanyakumari, we stopped at a beautiful guest house.
5.descendre de - to descend from ( issu de)
Elle descendait d'une famille royale.
She is a descendent of a royal family.
6. To demean oneself, to go down in one's level
Bien qu'il soit très pauvre, il ne descend jamais jusqu'à mendier .
Though he is very poor , he never demeans himself to beg.
7. To go down ( river, stream , falls etc)
Les fleuves indiens descendent des Himalayas dans la plaine.
Indian rivers descend to the plains from Himalayas.
8. Speaking of temperature.
Le thermometer est descendu au dessous de 0° C.
The temperature has come down to 0 ° C.
9. Speaking of depth
Les puits dans ce village descendent s à 100 mètres .
The wells of this village go down to a depth of 100meters.
10. Talking about police raid
Les policiers sont descendus dans ce bar, hier.
Yesterday, the police raided this bar.
11. Speaking of sun, day,evening,night
Le soleil descend très tôt en hiver.
Sun sets early in winter.
12. Descendre dans la rue = to take to streets for protest
Les étudiantes descendent dans la rue pour protester contre la violence faite aux femmes.
The students are in the street for protesting against violence to women.
I shall continue in my next note.
Why do I do this note on just one word? There are several reasons. The chief one is to show you
how to study a word thoroughly . This may not be everyone ' s cup of tea. But unless you
study thoroughly like this, it is difficult to attain a good proficiency in any language .
I have prepared this note late in the night. Learners may kindly point out errors. I shall stand
corrected. After revising once, I am posting this note to you. Facebook was down for nearly
24 hours. I could not do much.
Happy Learning.
Sayee Jayaraman
18/12/14
04/02/2015
French verb. " Descendre "
The French Verb " Descendre " is quite an interesting one. It has various shades of meaning. When you learn a verb or any word in a language , you should know the different ways in which it is used. Otherwise, you may not comprehend everything you read. In this note , we are taking up just one verb and studying its usage in French .
Descendre
This word comes from Latin , " descendere". Remember French is a child of Latin.
Most of the French words have come from popular Latin .
1. Go down , descend
L' avion commence à descendre sur Delhi .
The plane begins flying down Delhi.
Elle descend à la cave.
She is going down to the cellar.
Tu peux descendre par l'escalier .
You can go down by the staircase.
Je préfère descendre par l'ascenseur .
I prefer going down by the lift.
2. Get off ,get out ( quitter, sortir)
Je descends du bateau .
I am getting off the boat.
Elle ne veut pas descendre de la voiture.
She does not want to get down from the car.
J' ai peur de descendre du cheval.
I am afraid of getting of the horse.
3. To go , to reach ( aller, se rendre) in the southern direction.
Je veux descendre en ville.
I want to go to the city.
Pendant les vacances, on va descendre sur la côté d' Azur .
During vacation, we shall go to the Coté d' Azur.
4. To burst into, to barge into, to stop in the course of a journey
Je ne peux pas trouver une chambre dans l'hôtel . Donc, je descend chez mon ami intime.
I can't get hotel accommodation . I barge into my close friend's place.
Au cours de notre voyage à Kanyakumari, nous sommes descendus dans une belle pension.
During our trip to Kanyakumari, we stopped at a beautiful guest house.
5.descendre de - to descend from ( issu de)
Elle descendait d'une famille royale.
She is a descendent of a royal family.
6. To demean oneself, to go down in one's level
Bien qu'il soit très pauvre, il ne descend jamais jusqu'à mendier .
Though he is very poor , he never demeans himself to beg.
7. To go down ( river, stream , falls etc)
Les fleuves indiens descendent des Himalayas dans la plaine.
Indian rivers descend to the plains from Himalayas.
8. Speaking of temperature.
Le thermometer est descendu au dessous de 0° C.
The temperature has come down to 0 ° C.
9. Speaking of depth
Les puits dans ce village descendent s à 100 mètres .
The wells of this village go down to a depth of 100meters.
10. Talking about police raid
Les policiers sont descendus dans ce bar, hier.
Yesterday, the police raided this bar.
11. Speaking of sun, day,evening,night
Le soleil descend très tôt en hiver.
Sun sets early in winter.
12. Descendre dans la rue = to take to streets for protest
Les étudiantes descendent dans la rue pour protester contre la violence faite aux femmes.
The students are in the street for protesting against violence to women.
I shall continue in my next note.
Why do I do this note on just one word? There are several reasons. The chief one is to show you
how to study a word thoroughly . This may not be everyone ' s cup of tea. But unless you
study thoroughly like this, it is difficult to attain a good proficiency in any language .
I have prepared this note late in the night. Learners may kindly point out errors. I shall stand
corrected. After revising once, I am posting this note to you. Facebook was down for nearly
24 hours. I could not do much.
Happy Learning.
Sayee Jayaraman
18/12/14
04/02/2015
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